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Penny Perspective
I had the opportunity and blessing of writing for the Compassion Canada Blog today... "If we ignore pennies under the assumption that a penny is worthless and won't make a difference... how much more...
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Princess Pockets
At first, I didn't see her name. All I could see was her sweet, infectious smile... there are few things brighter or purer than the joy of a child.Eventually, I pulled myself away from her photo long...
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Practice Makes Perfect
She had so much to say, they gave her two sheets of paper.For over two years, this girl had been working hard at learning how to write, not an easy skill to master for a young child in Thailand. She...
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Family By {His} Choice
We no longer sponsor a Maker's Dozen. Our Compassion family grew in 2011... first George & George in April, followed by Tahameena in July. Thirteen seemed to me to be blessed (on any day of the...
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It's a.... first!
It seems that it's raining blessings in the form of babies throughout our Compassion family. Lizbeth, Justin and Suwanna's mammas were all expecting recently. I've been eagerly waiting to hear news...
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Ghana Project Update
Earlier in 2011, we learned about the scourge of slavery in Ghana, specifically on Lake Volta... children being sold into slavery and forced to toil endlessly at the hands of their slave master, often...
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Cameroon 2012: Glimpses
This sweet boy wasn't yet old enough to attend school, but he couldn't resist coming up the hill to check out what all the fuss was about. Children his age and younger often wander far out of sight of...
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Cameroon 2012: Heat, Hills, Hike, and Hello Kitty
{Preface: I traveled to Cameroon, on the coast of West Africa, in February of 2012. Our mission was to check the progress on the constructions of schools and water projects in a very remote valley of...
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Cameroon 2012: Fons & Fondoms, Edible Sticks & Goat Poop Snacks
Previous Post: Cameroon 2012: Heat, Hills, Hike and Hello KittyFeb 17, 2012: Into The Valley -- Destination, Njilap.Even though I had stayed up past midnight journaling, I slept well, even while...
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Cameroon 2012: Glimpses
Small pleasures, memories treasured. I gave this woman a package of dental floss to use as string -- she was amazed that a box so small could miraculously produce string :o) I showed her how to cut...
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Cameroon 2012: Aim Here, Hike There
Imagine yourself as having a finely tuned sense of direction, always knowing where you are geographically and being able to picture a location on a map very easily, kind of like the gift of an internal...
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Cameroon 2012: Worth More Than Peanuts
After the day’s 5 hour hike, we were in dire need of a good cleaning once we arrived in Menji, the village where we’d be staying for two days. I’ll be honest, it felt rather convicting to feel as...
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Ghana Through His Eyes -- Guest Post
Meeting some of our Compassion children, encountering severe poverty for the first time, spending time with trafficked children and taking part in the negotiations to rescue child slaves... not your...
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(Re-Post) Walk Run By Faith
My beloved friend Karen, I'm re-posting this in your honor -- this is the answer to your question. Walk Run By FaithOriginally posted on April 19th, 2011.Although I had planned to run early that...
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Cameroon 2012: Sundays Are For Seeing
This is one of the last few posts from our time in Cameroon, a continuation from where this post left off... Feb 19th, 2012The team had heard that since the women who had been hired to help with the...
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Cameroon 2012: Pregnancy Simulation Hike
Feb 19, 2012 -- somewhere in CameroonMy eyes opened 2 minutes before 6am, and without moving my head or my body, I listened... no rain. I waited a few more moments for the temperature to register,...
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Cameroon 2012: Cinderella In The Midst Of Cholera
Feb 21, 2012 -- Bechati, Cameroon(See Blue Point)Morning found me feeling better. Weak and unable to hold breakfast down, but better. Later today, the Hilux would pick us up in the village, and we...
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Poverty, Priorities, Perspective
As recently shared on Compassion's website:It's been a rough year. Our family structure has been irrevocably altered, and with those changes, along with job loss, our household income has been...
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Religion Vs. Relationship -- Teenage Perspective
At the end of June, our church welcomed 350 K-5 kids for our annual VBS program. As you can imagine, with that many children pouring into the church every evening for several hours, many hands were...
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I Am Second: Book Review
I Am Second.Often surrounded by a worldly obsession for first place, the book title stood out like a breath of fresh air. I knew that inside the covers of this book, I'd find people I could relate...
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